Flööt Jazzis ja selle ajalugu
Markus Eermann
Jazz flute, on a jazzscale is quite a new phenomenon. There are early
ragtime arrangement where flute and piccolo was used but due to having low
volume, it didnt emerge as a solo instrument before the fifties after the electronic
amplification was invented. Nowadays, thanks to the microphones, arrangers and
composers have started to use flute on a regular basis(f.e saxophone players in big
bands are required to play 2 instruments(double), most cases(Clarinet and
Flute).Before 50s though, it had little use because of the low volume, Dancing halls
and jazz clubs in 20s to 40s required a loud solo instrument to fill a big hall (Trumper,
Saxophone)
Although, we know jazzflute started to emerge in 20s. The earliest known